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Old 06-Oct-2005, 14:00
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if a person chew more than he can
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Maybe you were after this one?

bite off more than you can chew INFORMAL
to try to do something which is too difficult for you:
Clinton conceded, "We bit off more than we could chew in our original health care reform proposals."

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...7748&dict=CALD
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